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Lazy Tuesday afternoon baseball, Jays vs. Tigers. J.P. Arencibia up to the plate, launches one to left field. Don Kelly on his horse and … Caught. See the video of the play here. Nice one.
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Photo of the Day: A Marlins fan shows the love on his license plate
Apr 9, 2013, 1:31 PM EDT
And, apparently, no one at the Florida DMV speaks Spanish: Google it if you are confused. Several people sent me this — apparently it made the rounds among some of the more hardcore HBT commenters today — but I have no idea where it came from originally. All I know is that it came from…
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Wow. When Jered Weaver left with a bum non-pitching elbow on Sunday night it didn’t seem serious. A tweak. A strain. Nothing too crazy. Ken Rosenthal is hearing, however, that it is: Sources: #Angels RHP Jered Weaver out 4 to 6 weeks with broken left (non-pitching) elbow. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 9, 2013 The…
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Nick Swisher was “hurt” that the Yankees didn’t make him an offer
Apr 9, 2013, 12:30 PM EDT
Did you know: when Nick Swisher is “hurt,” the “bro”-quotient in his speech is reduced by as much as 76%? It’s true! Here’s Mark Feinsand of the Daily News asking Swisher about his offseason move from New York to Cleveland: “It hurt. That team was amazing. The city was amazing, my teammates were so great…
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Wandy Rodriguez had a short night in yesterday’s game against the Dbacks. Only two and a third innings. The issue: LHP Wandy Rodriguez removed due to tightness in left hamstring. Treatment tonite, re-eval tomorrow. #Pirates — Rob Biertempfel (@BiertempfelTrib) April 9, 2013 Rodriguez is 1-0 and has only allowed one earned run in nine…
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Victor Martinez requires eight stitches after run-in with a bat rack
Apr 9, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
The Tigers may be Martinez-less for a day or two: Victor Martinez sustained cut on right thumb, received stitches, day to day. — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) April 9, 2013 The culprit: Victor Martinez is day-to-day after cutting his right thumb on a bat rack. He received eight stitches. — James Schmehl (@jamesschmehl) April 9, 2013…
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Astros cleanup hitter J.D. Martinez was pulled early from last night’s game. When asked why Martinez was pulled, manager Bo Porter said this: Porter was asked following the Astros’ 3-0 loss to the Mariners if Martinez, who was hitting cleanup for the first time this year, had been injured, and he told reporters to ask…
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Some fans showed up to last night’s Marlins-Braves game wearing anti-Jeff Loria t-shirts and carrying anti-Jeff Loria signs. Neither the signs nor the t-shirts said anything profane or offensive on them. The fans were stopped by some reporters and, for five minutes or so, gave interviews. A few minutes later — before they even got…
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Bad news in Tampa Bay: #Rays Niemann will have shoulder surgery , is “most likely” season ending per team — Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 9, 2013 Niemann’s velocity has been down since spring training, he was injured a lot last year. Looks like a rough rehab plus a non-tender this offseason is in the…
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Roy Halladay isn’t sugar-coating his ugly outing last night. Here’s what he had to say postgame: “Some days you’re a horse, and some days you’re a horse’s ass, and I’ve been a horse’s ass for a little while.” But Doc wasn’t just being flip. As Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reports, he was pretty emotional after…
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Umpire Marty Foster owns up to his awful strike call in the Rays-Rangers game
Apr 9, 2013, 8:22 AM EDT
This is the best you can hope for when a call is totally bungled. Evan Grant reports the postgame comments of umpire Marty Foster: “I saw the pitch and, of course I don’t have the chance to do it again, but if I did, I wouldn’t call that pitch a strike,” Foster said after the game.…
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Braves 2, Marlins 0: Justin Upton went 4 for 4 including another homer. At this point it’s getting so ridiculous that I feel like any more grit/lazy jokes are just gratuitous and cruel to Diamondbacks fans who may soon begin wondering why, again, it was so necessary to trade a stud slugger, still only 25,…
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In a week where some closers have either lost their job are look like they’re about to, Greg Holland has dodged a bullet so far. Dick Kaegel of MLB.com reports: “Holland’s our closer,” Yost said … in his first three appearances, Holland was charged with four runs on four hits and four walks in two innings.…
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Travis Hafner hits a homer in his first at bat vs. Indians pitching since leaving via free agency
Apr 8, 2013, 4:24 PM EDT
Travis Hafner spent a decade in Cleveland. And, injuries notwithstanding, was pretty popular. Today the Yankees are in Cleveland for the Indians’ home opener. A few minutes ago, during pregame introductions, Hafner was politely applauded by the local fans, no doubt mindful of the good times they all used to have. Then, just now, in…
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There’s clearly an anti-Upton and Morse bias afoot in Major League Baseball. Bears investigating. From the MLB press release machine: Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been named National League Player of the Week for the period ending April 7th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network. Kershaw went 2-0 in…
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Last week there were reports that a deal between the Cubs and the city of Chicago which would allow for the renovation of Wrigley Field to go forward would be announced for today’s home opener. Well, we’ve had a couple of innings of ineffective Edwin Jackson already today, and no announcement. But Tom Ricketts says…
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This is from a few days ago, but Deadspin just found and posted about it and it’s too good not to share. Ladies and gentlemen: the Los Angeles Times: Dear large-market newspaper, Please familiarize yourself with the language of baseball.Please. twitter.com/daveraymond4/s… — Dave Raymond (@daveraymond4) April 7, 2013 Now, I’ve met Mike DiGivovanna before,…
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Jim Edmonds is now doing Cardinals pregame/postgame for Fox Sports Midwest, so I guess he’s spending less time in Orange County than he used to. If you have the means, you may want to consider buying his home in Irvine. Only $8 million. And best part: BOWLING ALLEY! So what does Jim Edmonds’ Santa Barbara-style…
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Jon Miller on stats, Joe Morgan, Jack Morris, Earl Weaver and more
Apr 8, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
David Laurila of FanGraphs did a Q&A with Giants broadcaster Jon Miller. It deals mostly with statistics and how he as a broadcaster understands and uses them. It also touches a lot on his former ESPN broadcast partner, Joe Morgan, and whether the book on him — that he as perhaps the perfect sabermetric ballplayer…
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Last year Yankees Stadium played host to two big time European soccer matches: Chelsea vs. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid vs. AC Milan. They’re doing it again this year: World and European champion Spain will play an exhibition game on June 11 at Yankee Stadium, which also will host a postseason friendly between Manchester City…
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It was an eventful few days for Josh Hamilton in Texas. He’s been booed, jeered, his family felt it needed personal security and, above all else, he played exceedingly poorly. He redeemed himself a bit yesterday, but it was basically a train wreck for him. So Bob Nightengale of USA Today asked him if Texas…
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I’m not sure when the notion that Cardinals fans are “The Best Fans in Baseball” started. I think it was during the McGwire years or soon after when some high profile veterans chose to wind down their career in St. Louis, citing said fans as such. And the claim was repeated without much criticism for…
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Chris Jaffe has a fun post up over at the Hardball Times. He tracks which pitcher has, historically, dominated your teams. No, it’s not “that rookie lefty no one has ever heard of.” I think 95% of all baseball fans think THAT’s the guy who kills their team, but it isn’t. It tends to be…
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Remember back in 2010 when Mets’ pitching coach Dan Warthen called John Maine “a habitual liar” with respect to his health? It’s been three years, but Maine responded to him yesterday. From Jorge Arangure of the New York Times: “I was upset at that because I didn’t lie to anybody … My shoulder was being held…
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Jered Weaver left last night’s game with an elbow injury on his non-pitching arm. Bob Nightengale reports this morning that his next start is questionable: Jered Weaver says that his left elbow is painful, and his next start is questionable for #Angels — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) April 8, 2013 Given that it’s his non-pitching…
